CAIRHE is always growing as a research center. When an investigator is no longer funded by CAIRHE as a research or pilot project leader—often because she or he has received independent major funding—that investigator remains part of the center. While the following projects and/or investigators do not receive current CAIRHE funding, they continue to pursue health equity research as affiliated investigators. 

To learn more about each individual and former project, click on the links below.

 

Andreas Thorsen

Former Research Project Leader

Andreas Thorsen, Ph.D.
MSU Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship
Monica Skewes

Former Research Project Leader

Monica Skewes, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Psychology
Carmen Byker Shanks

Former Research Project Leader

Carmen Byker Shanks, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Health and Human Development
Kelly Knight

Former Research Project Leaders

Kelly E. Knight, Ph.D., and Colter Ellis, Ph.D. 
MSU Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
Elizabeth Rink

Former Research Project Leader

Elizabeth Rink, Ph.D., MSW
MSU Department of Human Development & Community Health
Vanessa Simonds

Former Research Project Leader

Vanessa Simonds, Sc.D.
MSU Department of Human Development & Community Health
Elizabeth Kinion

Former Research Project Leader

Elizabeth Kinion, Ed.D, MSN, FAAN
MSU College of Nursing

Emily Tomayko

Former Pilot Project Leader

Emily Tomayko, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology
Miranda Margetts

Former Pilot Project Leader

Miranda Margetts, Ph.D.
Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity
Cara Palmer

Former Pilot Project Leader

Cara Palmer, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Psychology
Scott Monfort

Former Pilot Project Leader

Scott Monfort, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Katey Franklin

Former Pilot Project Leader

Katey Franklin, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Counseling
Steve Martin

Former Pilot Project Leader

Stephen Martin, Ph.D.
CAIRHE Translational Biomarkers Core
Neha John-Henderson

Former Pilot Project Leader

Neha John-Henderson, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Psychology
Kelly Knight

Former Pilot Project Leaders

Kelly E. Knight,Ph.D., and Colter Ellis,Ph.D. 
MSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Maggie Thorsen

Former Pilot Project Leaders

Maggie Thorsen, Ph.D.
MSU Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, and
Andreas Thorsen, Ph.D.
MSU Jake Jabs
College of Business & Entrepreneurship
Kaylin Greene

Former Pilot Project Leader

Kaylin Greene, Ph.D.
MSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Brooker

Former Pilot Project Leader

Rebecca Brooker, Ph.D.
Formerly MSU Department of Psychology, now Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University